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joining united states from washington to knock them down, we hope, is jonathan kohn the great senior editor. you are an expert in all things healthcare. let's begin with a sound byte from everybody's favorite hot air balloon, rush limbaugh. >> a majority of the supreme court found obamacare unconstitutional. they found the mandate unconstitutional. the chief justice, john roberts, kicked into activist mode and found a way around that. >> what is he talking about? go ahead. yeah. i don't really know what he is talking about. look, i mean from the very beginning, the defenders of the law made, you know three separate arguments, and one of those arguments was, hey you know, this mandate is basically saying if you don't get insurance, you have to pay the government some money. >> that's a tax. this was an argument there from the very beginning. it was argued in court the chief justice obviously doesn't like his law. but his credit he said i am a justice. i have to call it like i see it. rush limbaugh is making stuff up again. >> no surprise there. sarah palin took to her facebook page to
joining united states from washington to knock them down, we hope, is jonathan kohn the great senior editor. you are an expert in all things healthcare. let's begin with a sound byte from everybody's favorite hot air balloon, rush limbaugh. >> a majority of the supreme court found obamacare unconstitutional. they found the mandate unconstitutional. the chief justice, john roberts, kicked into activist mode and found a way around that. >> what is he talking about? go ahead. yeah. i...
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it is no coincidence that the attorney general of the united states is the person responsible for making sure that voter suppression does not happen in our currentountry. these same people are holding in contempt are part of a nationwide scheme to suppress the vote. >> she just might be onto something. my next guess, eleanor holmes norton was in the group of representatives who walked off of the floor. she is a member of the house oversight committee. representative holmes norton joins us from washington. thank you for returning to the war room ma'am. >> of course governor. >> well, so do you agree with leaderpep leader pelosi that the republicans were targeting attorney general holder because of his efforts on voter suppression? >> it's hard to lay what the most pol arrestized house in our country since the civil war to lay to them what their motives were. they certainly were gunning, if you will forgive me for the attorney general for some time and refused even when he indicated that he would keep negotiating to do so. they seemed to be driven toward contempt. if you ask yourself why,
it is no coincidence that the attorney general of the united states is the person responsible for making sure that voter suppression does not happen in our currentountry. these same people are holding in contempt are part of a nationwide scheme to suppress the vote. >> she just might be onto something. my next guess, eleanor holmes norton was in the group of representatives who walked off of the floor. she is a member of the house oversight committee. representative holmes norton joins us...
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i think having been a congressman, he's obviously united states senator now. he knows policy. he was a trade rep. he was a white house -- in congress. this guy knows his stuff. but i think interestingly apparently, he's somewhat of a method actor. he listened to tapes, for instance, of the books on tape of barack obama and he's really able to take on the effect and the cadence of the person he's playing. and he, too, has great bedside manner. he's somewhat of a prankster. he develops very warm relationships not only with republicans but democrats have nice things to say about him. >> jennifer: interesting because he was so close to being selected for vice president. i don't know that being a debate stand-in is a good second nod. but president obama is going to be heading to henderson nevada for three days of debate prep behind closed doors. when you and i helped to prepare joe biden i'm curious from your perspective, jill, what was the most surprising thing to you about that whole debate prep? >> that's so interesting. well, i think that debate prep we were at, there was actua
i think having been a congressman, he's obviously united states senator now. he knows policy. he was a trade rep. he was a white house -- in congress. this guy knows his stuff. but i think interestingly apparently, he's somewhat of a method actor. he listened to tapes, for instance, of the books on tape of barack obama and he's really able to take on the effect and the cadence of the person he's playing. and he, too, has great bedside manner. he's somewhat of a prankster. he develops very warm...
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in the united states now we can't build anything basically. we have no strategies and we don't really have a transportation strategy. we don't really have a infrastructure strategy, an energy policy strategy except that the politicians keep giving in at drill more drill more but this is taking us nowhere except for worse droughts climate disasters and so forth. >> isn't though subsidization of the oil and gas company that the koch family benefits from a form of industrial policy too? an article he wrote is that if you start to go down that path you are going to start to become the soviet union. so is this something uniquely done in america, and you listed climate change and clean energy is one of those. >> our policy is 50 years old, and since then we have not renovated kept up even through the information technology revolution. we know the sorry state of our inland water ways the devastation that can come from a combination of extreme events, whether it's katrina or massive draught, so of course we need a strategy. politicians go from campaig
in the united states now we can't build anything basically. we have no strategies and we don't really have a transportation strategy. we don't really have a infrastructure strategy, an energy policy strategy except that the politicians keep giving in at drill more drill more but this is taking us nowhere except for worse droughts climate disasters and so forth. >> isn't though subsidization of the oil and gas company that the koch family benefits from a form of industrial policy too? an...
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. >> jennifer: people need to know trade deficit means job deficit in the united states. they need to understand that connection. >> absolutely. >> jennifer: in addition to trade, you say that if the united states wants to restore the american dream that we should be able to learn something from germany. specifically in addition to trade policy, what would that be? >> well, one of the things that the germans have apparently done in this last down turn rather than just letting people laid off, i mean, the germans develop a program where they began paying industries, companies let's just say you're a small company, 100 men your business is down. rather than cutting off 20% of your workforce, they decided to pay for those men including benefits on the idea once the economy recovered you wouldn't have to retrain people. you'd have that workforce trained and ready to go once the economy came back. obviously from a human standpoint that was better, and from an economic stand point it was better. >> jennifer: so just to be clear, before you move off of that, so people understand
. >> jennifer: people need to know trade deficit means job deficit in the united states. they need to understand that connection. >> absolutely. >> jennifer: in addition to trade, you say that if the united states wants to restore the american dream that we should be able to learn something from germany. specifically in addition to trade policy, what would that be? >> well, one of the things that the germans have apparently done in this last down turn rather than just...
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states. i know the current administration is working on it. i know our governor, who is a republican, has emphasized jobs in ohio, and they're trying to make ohio a more attractive state for jobs. here in dayton we're focusing on aerospace technology, and uavs and we have the air force base here. so we're focused on high tech. >> mayor, i know you've focused on immigrants. that's an interesting strategy. i really appreciate you coming into "the war room." give us your perspective as an independent. which is not something often we see. that's dayton, ohio, mayor, and now we're going to shift to another pivotal super tuesday state, that's tennessee. the he 50 delegates there at stake, and the latest poll has santorum with 40%, and romney, which is 19%. and gingrich and paul in the low double digits. unless the polls are wrong romney may be getting roughed up in tennessee. for more on what is actually happening on the ground of tennessee we'll head to nashville, and chad, the political reporter
states. i know the current administration is working on it. i know our governor, who is a republican, has emphasized jobs in ohio, and they're trying to make ohio a more attractive state for jobs. here in dayton we're focusing on aerospace technology, and uavs and we have the air force base here. so we're focused on high tech. >> mayor, i know you've focused on immigrants. that's an interesting strategy. i really appreciate you coming into "the war room." give us your...
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how do you plan on maintaining britain with iraq. >> i think the united states has always maintained a great relationship with the queen and john mccain will continue to have an open dialogue with her. >> governor, the queen is not the head of government in england. she's the head of state. >> well, then who's the head of government? >> that was a clip of one of the more eye-opening scenes from game change, the h.b.o. docudrama of sarah palin as john mccain's running mate. the film is still generating a heck of a lot of buzz. joining me is david bianculli coming to us from philadelphia. welcome into the war room. >> hi, there. congratulations on your show. >> thank you, loving it, having a good time with it, too. so you think that the movie lived up to the hype? >> it depends on if you were expecting it to be hollywoodized, it lived up to that hype. if you were expecting it to be fair and balanced journalistically, it appeared to be that. when the book came out, it wasn't sourced so that you couldn't go to foot notes and figure out what was true or not, but it seems as though the hom
how do you plan on maintaining britain with iraq. >> i think the united states has always maintained a great relationship with the queen and john mccain will continue to have an open dialogue with her. >> governor, the queen is not the head of government in england. she's the head of state. >> well, then who's the head of government? >> that was a clip of one of the more eye-opening scenes from game change, the h.b.o. docudrama of sarah palin as john mccain's running...
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the question before us is which point of view and which party do we want to lead the united states? >> mr. nixon, would you like to comment on that statement? >> i have no comment. >> i love this. that was the infamous kennedy-nixon debate. first time actually a presidential debate was televised and its so proved the power of the media. kennedy won among those who watched it on tv and nixon won among radio listeners. this year's debates were coming up. yesterday the commission on presidential debates announced the schedule and the format, so with the ads flooding the air waves, how much impact will the debates actually have? the kennedy-nixon debate is thought to have influenced the outcome of the election. let's take a look. kennedy, before the debate, you can see was down by one and ended up winning by 4. so there was a big swing there. you can see overall the swings in these debates. i mean, clinton went from up 18 to down 12 in 92, but look at this he really kicked it off 1996. bush went from down eight to up four. and in 2004, went from up 11, dropped to just up three. so the d
the question before us is which point of view and which party do we want to lead the united states? >> mr. nixon, would you like to comment on that statement? >> i have no comment. >> i love this. that was the infamous kennedy-nixon debate. first time actually a presidential debate was televised and its so proved the power of the media. kennedy won among those who watched it on tv and nixon won among radio listeners. this year's debates were coming up. yesterday the commission...
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states, to build up jobs here. that's another reason i think we ought to be rooting for mitt romney although i think it will be a tough race. one other point you said was to embrace the elderly and es chew elitism. >> the american electorate that changed tractly. the president has to do well with older volares. his personality his moderate position is natural for rallies younger voters. but it's important to balance that with some see this, some connection with older volares on their traditions, their values, showing that he really -- they mean something to him. they're going to be very important in this election. there's no winning without doing well with older voters, too. >> from a very specific point of view of how would he do this, how would he manifest support. in images with him does he make more proposals is there a specific set of steps that you would recommend. >> all of the above to some extent. it's important whether talking to older voters to make it clear how much the penalty's economic policies also
states, to build up jobs here. that's another reason i think we ought to be rooting for mitt romney although i think it will be a tough race. one other point you said was to embrace the elderly and es chew elitism. >> the american electorate that changed tractly. the president has to do well with older volares. his personality his moderate position is natural for rallies younger voters. but it's important to balance that with some see this, some connection with older volares on their...
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states. if you don't oral contraception under the law, you have to believe there is no right to privacy under the constitution. if you don't respect women's health, then you don't give women the right to determine their own choices and go to where they won't to get health services. it's a terrible mistake. >> men should want women to have contraception, too. what is the deal? this is a 2-way street. i don't even understand the rational on that side. >> it's a terrible strategic mistake but it's a terrible statement about where their values lie in relation to the rest of american women. >> christine, i think the values issue is a really important one because of planned parenthood being the only point of access for so many women who don't have transportation to another county or another place in these clinics often it's not just planned parentshood but any clinics that are placed specifically to be able to serve poor women and to have states and now all of these candidates decide to defund them
states. if you don't oral contraception under the law, you have to believe there is no right to privacy under the constitution. if you don't respect women's health, then you don't give women the right to determine their own choices and go to where they won't to get health services. it's a terrible mistake. >> men should want women to have contraception, too. what is the deal? this is a 2-way street. i don't even understand the rational on that side. >> it's a terrible strategic...
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states at all cost because you can't have the government picking winners and losers you can't have the government intervene are handing over our economy to tower economic competitors. they are just saying come on in and poach. we are not fighting back. and that is the problem. all right. so now, you are the green jobs czar. has the president done enough to push green energy and green jobs? >> it's a two-part approach here obviously, governor, you led the charge on this. i don't need to tell you about it, but the idea is that with the stimulus package, we put the public investments in place with the single $80,000,000,000 with the public money to jump start and then we were going to have cap and trade. again, a conservative approach a market-based approach to bring in and change the rules so we could bring in private capitol. we were cut off at the pass. we made it but we could not change the public rules. so you would think that nothing good could have happened. the brookings institute, no radical group them come back and say, even with all this 2.7 million green jobs in america, 8,000
states at all cost because you can't have the government picking winners and losers you can't have the government intervene are handing over our economy to tower economic competitors. they are just saying come on in and poach. we are not fighting back. and that is the problem. all right. so now, you are the green jobs czar. has the president done enough to push green energy and green jobs? >> it's a two-part approach here obviously, governor, you led the charge on this. i don't need to...
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. >> in changes associated with global indication and downward pressure in the united states because of the competition, the labor arbitrage that is happening in other countries. there is no upward pressure. only downward pressure. >> for people who don't have the right education, connections skills, labor unions are down fewer than 7% of the private sector workforce. so even the big unions like the uaw have to settle for entry-level wages $14 an hour. half the wages of new workers in the uaw. >> the irony is that people believe the reason why we're having such a difficult job keeping jobs is because labor unions are so greedy. if you look at just the composition of labor in the production of a vehicle it's 7% of the cost of a vehicle. right now the uaw has the opportunity to become the broker of great skill. truly the uaw--if they were enableed to organize overseas that would be a whole another thing, but here it's the unions that can up skill the members to create the good quality product. >> exactly. but if we talk about greedy. look at ceo salaries. they used to be 40 times the t
. >> in changes associated with global indication and downward pressure in the united states because of the competition, the labor arbitrage that is happening in other countries. there is no upward pressure. only downward pressure. >> for people who don't have the right education, connections skills, labor unions are down fewer than 7% of the private sector workforce. so even the big unions like the uaw have to settle for entry-level wages $14 an hour. half the wages of new workers...
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that's not the way that the united states has ever looked at it. and it would be a big departure-- >> let me ask you quickly--i'm interested--particularly the issue about moving the capitol and the white house spokesman issued a statement today which said that it's the view of this administration that the capitol is something that should be determined in final status final negotiations between the parties. if mr. romney disagrees with that position, he's also degrees with positions that were taken by presidents like bill clinton and ronald reagan. >> and george w. bush. we've seen this pandering before. george w. bush said he would move the embassy to jerusalem on the day he was inaugurated. the minute he was in office, he reversed that and extended the same as every other president. if we moved our embassy to tel aviv, we would be abandoning in affect, 40 years of u.s. foreign policy. that is not going to happen. i'm sure president romney would do no such thing no way. >> it's an interesting debate. this is not going to be the end of it. hussein i
that's not the way that the united states has ever looked at it. and it would be a big departure-- >> let me ask you quickly--i'm interested--particularly the issue about moving the capitol and the white house spokesman issued a statement today which said that it's the view of this administration that the capitol is something that should be determined in final status final negotiations between the parties. if mr. romney disagrees with that position, he's also degrees with positions that...
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statesllust strative for folks who want to understand the events outside the united states states. this is a slide we will pull on our website at current.com. this slide demonstrates events and the price of gas. so there is september 11th. there was a spike. opec cut oil production. they see it dip there. they want to get some rise because of supply and demand. hurricane katrina and rita, boom, a big spike. here we have the global financial crisis a big spike. then, of course, there was a recession. you saw a drop in prices. and now you have the arab spring and you see another bump. and the point of this slide of course, dan cameron, is that what? >> is that -- >> professor? >> thank you so much. what we are really seeing here is speculateors and guesstimates of what the future stability will be in oil producing region options. that's what gets reflected back on the price we see at the pump today. it's much more about, do we think major oil producing countries, fiancÉes venzuela will go offn or offline? >> what drives the speculateors and the price spikes we see. what so what the
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none of us wanted to have to do this to the president of the united states, but all of us felt it was critical to stand up for our democracy. and i also want to add one other thing. it was hard for me to believe that here i was a brand-new member of the house of representatives, the first generation of my family born in america. my parents came here as immigrants, in one case fleeing prosecution, the other fleeing poverty. so it was kind of like the american dream for me to be sitting there and being asked to take this enormous responsibility on my shoulders. >> so what was it for you that was the tip point? what was it that convinced you that the president was guilty of high crimes and miss demeanors? one thing that finally, made you cast this vote? >> no. i almost kind of remember the feeling. we had been given a lot of homework. we first had to study about the constitution, what was the high crime and misdemeanor. we never studied that in law school. fortha get that. we got memos and read books about it. and it was very, very, you know a very serious question: is it a high crime an
none of us wanted to have to do this to the president of the united states, but all of us felt it was critical to stand up for our democracy. and i also want to add one other thing. it was hard for me to believe that here i was a brand-new member of the house of representatives, the first generation of my family born in america. my parents came here as immigrants, in one case fleeing prosecution, the other fleeing poverty. so it was kind of like the american dream for me to be sitting there and...
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states. it's going to be really hard to tell whether gingrich or romney has a real advantage here in either state. santorum has a shot in mississippi but doesn't look very strong in alabama. it's too close to call right now. >> for sure too close to call. exit polls, if they were motivated by who is most likely to beat obama, 46% thought romney was most likely to beat obama versus the others and in mississippi, of those who want to beat obama, 50% ended up voting for romney. >> romney's winning the electability debate. gingrich is wing men in those states santorum is winning women and doing ok with evangelicals, but not by as huge a margin as you might imagine. >> i was curious to see the evangelical vote in these exit polls to see how that mattered and how it broke down. i would have thought that romney might have been hurt by it, but in both states, it was pretty much split. >> he's doing all right. >> fairly evenly, a little bit more of a skew in bament bam towards santorum. >> yeah. >> in
states. it's going to be really hard to tell whether gingrich or romney has a real advantage here in either state. santorum has a shot in mississippi but doesn't look very strong in alabama. it's too close to call right now. >> for sure too close to call. exit polls, if they were motivated by who is most likely to beat obama, 46% thought romney was most likely to beat obama versus the others and in mississippi, of those who want to beat obama, 50% ended up voting for romney. >>...
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but i'm running for the highest office in the united states. you need to be transparent. people talk about his big homes and he's too wealthy to run for president. i don't think that's important. what is important is his unable to release another year or two of his taxes. people don't trust him. >> jennifer: it's not his wealth. it's the transparency. >> it's not. >> jennifer: last question i know you're starting a new venture with "huffington post" tv. do you want to tell us about it. >> i hope we can get you on there at some point. we start on monday, monday the 13th. it's called "huff post live." we're going to cover everything hot on huffington post. it's real conversations with real people, and i think that's where the future is going. it's all going online. i'm really excited to be part of the "huffington post" family. stay tuned. >> jennifer: we'll keep our eye on you i wish you very good luck in that. that's abby huntsman. thank you for joining us inside "the war room." >> thank you governor. >> jennifer: you bet. up next a great day on the campaign front. we've g
but i'm running for the highest office in the united states. you need to be transparent. people talk about his big homes and he's too wealthy to run for president. i don't think that's important. what is important is his unable to release another year or two of his taxes. people don't trust him. >> jennifer: it's not his wealth. it's the transparency. >> it's not. >> jennifer: last question i know you're starting a new venture with "huffington post" tv. do you want...
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there was the courts refusal to reconsider that poisonous citizens united case. congress's passage of the transportation bill. student loan rate extension. the contemptible contempt vote on eric holder and the ads the bus trips the political wrangling all over the place. there was really something for everyone from political junkies and avid court watchers to middle class workers and immigrants. what i think was most interesting about this stretch politically was that there were both victories and setbacks for each side of the aisle. people on the left were alternatively satisfied or angry, relieved, enraged, same thing with those on the right. in a way isn't that how it should be. aren't we supposed to be engaged and enthralled by this political process? isn't washington supposed to do things whether we agree with them or not? in the last few weeks we've seen all of the branches of government actually doing their job. the president the court congress, the state. they all had their moments in the sun. as did the campaigns for president. none of us would say that
there was the courts refusal to reconsider that poisonous citizens united case. congress's passage of the transportation bill. student loan rate extension. the contemptible contempt vote on eric holder and the ads the bus trips the political wrangling all over the place. there was really something for everyone from political junkies and avid court watchers to middle class workers and immigrants. what i think was most interesting about this stretch politically was that there were both victories...
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i'm talking to the united states of america and you are interrupting me and my message. >> he did. he was very strong in what he said. peter, you've been around for a long time. can you ever remember -- somebody was saying sam donaldson would have done it. i don't think any of the old-time tough guys would have interrupted the president in the middle of his remarks. >> no. in fact, when you mention sam donaldson, you know, he always used to wait until at least the president had finished. and today i have to tell you i'm going to pledge here, i thought it was outrageous. i'm quoting who? i'm quoting chris wallace from fox news who called this outrageous earlier today. he cited sam donaldson. he cited himself. he said i'm a tough questioner. but his point was this guy's pass should be revoked. i gather it was a one-day pass. i don't think he will get another one. >> i hope not. >> that just takes it to a whole nasty level and actually, you know, paul is right. look, this makes the president look good in the end of the day. >> well, i mean i think you're both in agreement on that, too
i'm talking to the united states of america and you are interrupting me and my message. >> he did. he was very strong in what he said. peter, you've been around for a long time. can you ever remember -- somebody was saying sam donaldson would have done it. i don't think any of the old-time tough guys would have interrupted the president in the middle of his remarks. >> no. in fact, when you mention sam donaldson, you know, he always used to wait until at least the president had...
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>> i think this is an important step for the united states to take and it has been in the works for many years as people in congress have been working toward this. this is a temporary reprieve for people who, as the president said, are americans in all but -- in all but paper. >> do people -- i would ask this first to you and then to maria -- what do you think people in the community feel? do they feel like they're still at risk or does the policy have some teeth? >> i think it is a temporary reprieve. congress has to act in order to give all of these young people a real chance to become u.s. citizens as they all want. this is something that's not merely a political statement. it is an important step forward not just for immigrant community but for america. these are kids who have committed themselves to our country. who have served our country in the military in some cases and have gone to school here. >> maria, what do you think? how is it playing? >> at husta kosa, we bring together people on issues of racial and economic justice to. us, these dreamers are heroes. they stepped out of
>> i think this is an important step for the united states to take and it has been in the works for many years as people in congress have been working toward this. this is a temporary reprieve for people who, as the president said, are americans in all but -- in all but paper. >> do people -- i would ask this first to you and then to maria -- what do you think people in the community feel? do they feel like they're still at risk or does the policy have some teeth? >> i think...
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states senate said our legislative goal is to defeat obama and i am afraid that's what it's come down to. there are a few who i think are much more balanced than that, more moderate than that. the people have taken over the republican party are going to hammer home, try to hammer home i hope unsuccessfully just one repeated issue. it will either be a big government issue or a big tax issue. it will ignore the fact that this crain issue i think, every economist with maybe a few exceptions out of hundreds that this recovery package was essential to make the progress that we have made. >> you have been in the senate for a long time. do you think jeb bush is right when he said ronald reagan and george h.w. bush would not be acceptable to today's republicans? is that what you are seeing in congress? >> we are. the moderates have been whipped in the republican party with the great example of that, of course was in indiana but there is examples all over the country of where in these primaries, and it's true in the republican primary, in the republican primaries for that we saw governor romne
states senate said our legislative goal is to defeat obama and i am afraid that's what it's come down to. there are a few who i think are much more balanced than that, more moderate than that. the people have taken over the republican party are going to hammer home, try to hammer home i hope unsuccessfully just one repeated issue. it will either be a big government issue or a big tax issue. it will ignore the fact that this crain issue i think, every economist with maybe a few exceptions out of...
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. >> we spend more money, the united states, the next 17 countries combined, 15 of the countries happen to be our allies. >> there's some room there. i think a good one. easy to say -- we would cut. millions of dollars. it will sound specific. all they have to do is say we've done this, we've done that. we've done all of these things. republicans have done zero on the issue of new revenue. we've gone above and beyond. >> jennifer: this is the important point. when you answer a question in a debate, you say your point then you pivot to an attack. you always have to pivot to an attack. you want to get your opponent off of their game. >> this is a choice, not a referendum. >> jennifer: mark, you asked this question that you think governor romney could be concerned about. because you haven't been specific with how you would pay for your 20% across the board tax cuts democrats say it would end up costing the middle class. specifically, i'm the moderator specifically, governor romney, what deductions would you eliminate? tell us now. >> home mortgage deductions, governor. >> jennifer: you wou
. >> we spend more money, the united states, the next 17 countries combined, 15 of the countries happen to be our allies. >> there's some room there. i think a good one. easy to say -- we would cut. millions of dollars. it will sound specific. all they have to do is say we've done this, we've done that. we've done all of these things. republicans have done zero on the issue of new revenue. we've gone above and beyond. >> jennifer: this is the important point. when you answer a...